TERTIARY

HOSPITALS IN
BICOL REGION
(ACCREDITED BY THE DOH)
 BICOL MEDICAL CENTER
BMC ROAD, CONCEPCION PEQUEÑA, NAGA
CITY
BICOL REGIONAL TRAINING AND TEACHING
CENTER
LEGASPI, CITY
BICOL REGION GENERAL HOSPITAL AND
GERIATRIC MEDICAL HOSPITAL
CABUSAO, CAMARINES SUR
EASTERN BICOL MEDICAL CENTER
VIRAC, CATANDUANES
REQUIREMENTS OF
LEVEL 3 HOSPITALS
A LEVEL 3 HOSPITALS SHALL HAVE AS MINIMUM, ALL OF LEVEL 2
CAPACITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:

Teaching and/or training hospital with accredited residency training

program for physicians in the four (4) major specialties namely:
Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Surgery.
Provision for physical medicine and rehabilitation unit;
Provision for ambulatory surgical clinic;
Provision for dialysis facility;
Provision for blood bank;
A DOH licensed tertiary clinical laboratory with standard equipment/
reagents/ supplies necessary for the performance of histopathology
examinations;
A DOH licensed level 3 imaging facility with interventional radiology.
HEALTH FACILITIES IN TERTIARY LEVEL ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER:
Category C: Diagnostic/Therapeutic Facility

Category D: Specialized Out-Patient Facility

CATEGORY C: DIAGNOSTIC/THERAPEUTIC
FACILITY

- A facility that examines the human body

or specimens from the human body (except
laboratory for drinking water analysis) for the
diagnosis, sometimes treatment of diseases.
The test covers the pre-analytical, analytical
and post-analytical phases of examination.
CATEGORY C: DIAGNOSTIC/THERAPEUTIC FACILITY

1. Laboratory Facility, such as, but not limited

to, the following:
 Clinical Laboratory
 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Testing
Laboratory
 Blood Service Facility
 Drug Testing Laboratory
 Newborn Screening Laboratory
 Laboratory for Drinking Water Analysis
CATEGORY C:
DIAGNOSTIC/THERAPEUTIC FACILITY
2. Radiologic Facility, such as, but not limited
to, the following:
Ionizing Machines such as X-Ray, CT scan,

mammography and others.
 Non-Ionizing Machines as MRI, ultrasound and
others.
3. Nuclear Medicine Facility- a facility, presently
regulated by PNRI, embracing all applications of
radioactive materials in diagnosis, treatment or in
medical research, with the exception of the use of
sealed radiation sources in radiotherapy.
CATEGORY D: SPECIALIZED OUT-PATIENT
FACILITY
- A FACILITY WITH HIGHLY COMPETENT AND TRAINED
STAFF THAT PERFORMS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PROCEDURES
ON AN OUT-PATIENT BASIS. EXAMPLES ARE, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:

 Dialysis Clinic
 Ambulatory Surgical Clinic
 In-Vitro Fertilization Center
 Stem Cell Facility
 Oncology Chemotherapeutic Center/Clinic
 Radiation Oncology Facility
 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Center/Clinic